Beyond the marketing spiel, a whole industry is designed to make us more positive and productive. Caroline Christie speaks to academic Will Davies about the implications of enforced enthusiasm

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan’s The Red Web describes the evolution of surveillance in Russia, from the photocopier to the internet. They spoke to Little Atoms about the history and future of technology and freedom

 The Pulitzer-shortlisted journalist talks about investigating nuclear weapons and reveals how close we came to detonating it all

Game of Thrones academic goes medieval on Bowie

The refugee camp in Northern France has been garnering headlines for its appalling conditions

Understanding how our genes work

Editor Robbie Gibb rejects claim that BBC's handling of minister's resignation lacked impartiality

Bowie's own reading suggests he can be seen as the fulfilment of a certain Angry Young Man dream